Telegram-herald., 1887-05-28
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MieAigsa. Beginainx siEh the tsrrihls
wind storn shzi s1sps this seeiioo &c May
?. il seams Ghzs the demon Of dess-action
has ancAaiaed bis farioas nainioas. she.
lixe solFes. have hos.ed their dismal
warnings in tAe track Of sheir Devastating
work. Whtls the sind al nos assaals the
f4ry OF cyclone. il reached sach pitch
that b1iidlnss trees. leases. and IA - ns
instances i've stock we're swept onward
~ilh tue blast and pied in indiseriminste
heaps 0f ruin Macy we're len foorsss.
shi.e some wsFe Eeadsred hoaseless- Al
telegraph a1d telspaone wires we're de-
slf0yed. and il VAS tarss days beforr the
particulars OF ths storm were mads knqga.
"a extent IL covered all he Upper Peninsula.
aud The aggregate damage. BY that days
sork alone. csnnol fall short Of sz090.u19.
This loss lies principally in the distraction
Of vast trzeEsof valuable pine ani nafd-
s0o0 timber, which fell before the blast
Ike grass before the sickle.
Hardly had the sini-ssept forests raised
their broken tops before there crept over tie
face Of tae dry and parcaing heavens
a dark and omirols haze - II kind nature
xo1ld draw a veil over the scenes OF ruin
below. Tie eurtsin deepenei until the snn
shone like q ball OF dark. red lre, and the
odor Of burning PIKE herzided the coming
OF another calamity. The forests were on
tire, and 0nig those whose lots are cast ia
The LAND of pines can tell tue sickenins
fear that takes possession Of the people
when they fully realize that the red hand Of
fire Is RAISED against their homes and lives.
For three Whole weeks the clouds OF smoke
have covered rs Ike pail, aud never for
an hour has there been cessation OF ire Ia
some part of our noble forests. With the
exception Of three incipienl showers. which
were purely local. no rain has fallen since
the Apr showers" and forest and field are
rioe for the carnival Of ruin which has held
fail sway. There Is hardly forest enyir-
oned village on the peninsula, from the
Gogebic range 70 Sault Ste. Marie, which
has not at some period been meaaced with
tosal destruction Hundreds of homes in
the interior. remote from villages. have been
destroyed numbering camps and the camps
of laborers on various railroad extensions.
have been licked up by the deyourlng
flames Woodsmen have been forced 10
tiee from tue forests aud seek safety in the
villages. In many instances families lly-
ing in the forests contiguous 10 the railroad
tracks, have been forced To abandon their
homes aud encsmp for whole days on the
right-of-way. which promised the only
open spacs where there wss no food for the
flames. The loss 10 those people Is very
great. many of them being left homeless.
friendles3 aad penniless, amidst the BLACK
ened forests, where the cbarred and dis
ma1flei trunks stood guard over the scene.
conspicuous monuments of the memory
Of desolate homes around whose smoking
ruins below, the tear-stained faces OF suffer
ing women and children were gazing in
mute AID helpless misery.
Immense quantities of ties aud cordwood
have been destroyed while in some places
the railroad companies have suffered the
loss OF huss1ngs and bridges, which NJ
h1msn agency could save. But all these
lossss. financially speakingl are as naught
com pared 10 the millions of feet OF val
Gable pine aud hardwood which has
fallen ready prey 20 the FIRE hsDd.
Large tracts of -aigaole forests have been
razed 10 the ground by the wind. and de-
voured By the IRE 90 clossly following in its
track.
Large amounts of pine logs ski6dei on the
I. sht-ot- way OF railroads for shipment are
burned. The counties of B2raga, Hough-
ton. Alger. Msrquet.e and Keweenaw have
been the heavier losers, although on the
| Gogebic range much loss has ensuei, and
F, fires are still raging there Conservative
| Judges place the loss TO the Upper Peain-
not including the terrible disaster at Lake
1 Linden, which was totally wipei ons in
| o0e afternoon by the Flames. Add this
| loss 10 the general ruin, and the god OF
| Mermon has paid a tribute 10 the demon
| OF destruction amounting 10 fully
| s.. .000.00) for IL shonld be
remembered that Lake Linden was q
I most prosperous city OF 400 Inhabitants;
| containing mang solid blocks of business
houses. sores OF handsome residences. and
| hundreds of comfortable homes. Fully 80
buildings were dss.fo7ed. and scores Of
| valuable stocks Of merchandise. The pitt
! able condition of shose 700 homeless peo-
| PIE excites the sympathy OF our people
| every where, arii the one redreming feat re
| Of the wreck aud ruin all about Us is the
| heart and bountiful charity OF the people
| aosoad. whose sympathy is substantially
| evinced By generous subscriptions 70 the re-
| lief fund. The press Of the country is
dong most glorious work
| in bringing the needs OF our
suffsrers - public notice. while the whole
| sale merchants OF the leading cities are for
! xar3ing larse chscSs 70 the committee at
Lake Linden.
In ali the hundreds OF various escapes
| and startling experiences of the people in
their desperate Eht with the wind and
fire. but eigAt fatalities a.. reported as hav-
ing occurred in the Upper Peninsula,
| aIsnough hundreds Of seople are prostrate3 1
by excitement aud over-exertion. The
sufferers. generally speaking. are cheerful.
pIucky and hopeful, aud will 70 ahead s1d
! build again the homes that are now IN
| ruins.
Rains fell yesterday on large portion
Of The Peninsula and the relief IS fully sp-
precisted By all